Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference

The Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference brought together International Peace Park and transboundary management professionals from every continent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada from September 9-12, 2007. The conference was a resounding success thanks to the thought provoking presentations of the many dedicated transboundary practitioners.

This opportunity to share, learn and discuss along with the new relationships developed is, in the hopes of the organizing committee, fuel for future transboundary initiatives, collaborations and successes around the world.

THANK YOU!

Presenters for giving your best to the Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference!

Post-Conference News

Balkans Peace Park Project in Running for Top Tourism Award

Papers and Presentations

For a full list of presenters and abstracts, click here.

The following papers were voluntarily submitted by conference participants. The papers are posted as submitted and have not been subject to any review process. Please contact the authors for further details or clarification. Watch for a forthcoming book of selected papers from the conference.

Biringer and Cariappa - The Siachen Peace Park Proposal: Reconfiguring the Kashmir conflict? - (215 KB)
Broberg and Quinn - Transboundary environmental education: a graduate program case study - (43 KB)
Brunner - From Diverse Visions to Consistent Management: the National Parks in the Thayatal (Austria and Czech Republic) - (46 KB)
Chester et. all - The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: A brief history of a big idea in landscape conservation - (223 KB)
Chester and Sifford - Shared conservation stewardship across the U.S.-Mexican border: Protecting resources to ease political tension - (121 KB)
Ehringhaus - Transboundary Protection of Mont Blanc – 20 Years of Tri-National Negotiation Around the Roof of the European Alps - (207 KB)
Friemund et. all - Trans National Protected Area Research and Education: A South Africa and U.S. Experience - (67 KB)
Grichting - From Military Buffers to Transboundary Peace Parks. The case of Korea and Cyprus. - (1129 KB)
Harkonen - Emergence of a Transboundary Network of Nature Protection Areas on the Finnish-Russian Border - (615 KB)
Harmon - Regional Stewardship in the Crown of the Continent - (195 KB)
Healy - Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Peace and Nature Park - (176 KB)
Jacobs and Anderson - Enhancing Connectivity through Cooperative Management – Lessons Learned from 21 Years of Cross-border Programs in the Australian Alps - (336 KB)
Mendoza and Quinn - On the edge: factors influencing conservation and management in two border Mexican parks - (420 KB)
Mihalic - Glacier-Waterton: Retrospection on Cooperation Issues Past and Present - (46 KB)
Oseni - Ensuring Peaceful Coexistence between Man and Animals in Protected Areas in Nigeria - (33 KB)
Prato and Fagre - Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: A Focus on the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (341 KB)
Radis - The Role of Resource Sharing Initiatives in Peace Building - (243 KB)
Rodriguez-Navarro - Conflict, Traditional Knowledge And Conservation: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta case study. - (32 KB)
Sarkar and Chakrabarti - Feasibility of Corridor between Singhalilla National Park and Senchal Wild Life Sanctuary: A Study of five villages between Poobong and 14th Mile Village - (392 KB)
Schneekloth et. all - The Niagara Cross Border Peace Park: A Proposal - (713 KB)
Schoon - Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks - (107 KB)
Schuerholz and Baldus - Community Based Wildlife Management in support of Transfrontier Conservation: the Selous- Niassa and Kawango Upper Zambezi (Kaza) challenges - (83 KB)
Schuerholz and Pardo - Removing colonial barriers for the benefit of the Indigenous Achuar People of Peru and Ecuador through conservation efforts - (57 KB)
Soto - Fast track strengthening of the management capacity of conservation institutions: The case of the effect of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park in Mozambique’s capacity - (137 KB)
Sowry - Successes and challenges that face a peace parks training and education facility - (49 KB)
Walters - Bolivia & Peru – The Joint Trans-boundary Water Management of Lake Titicaca - (52 KB)
Weiler, Laing and Moore - Developing effective partnerships for facilitating sustainable tourism associated with protected areas - (111 KB)
Willcox - Transboundary Grizzly Bear Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities for Multi-Scale Partnerships - (193 KB)
Zunckel - The Maloti Drakensberg Tranfrontier Conservation and Development Programme: A Collaborative Initiative between Lesotho and South Africa - (457 KB)

The following presentations are available for viewing. Please contact the authors for further details or clarification.

Alexander - Peace Monuments and Parks – Preserving the Heritage in a Changing World Situation. Peace Arch International Park (1921-2007) a overview of the park culture, history, development and effects. - (3756 KB)
Ali - Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution - (82 KB)
Biringer and Cariappa - The Siachen Peace Park Proposal: Reconfiguring the Kashmir conflict? - (12707 KB)
Blood and Blair - Educators Collaborating across Boundaries - (1765 KB)
Blundell and Christie - Liberia: Securing the Peace through Parks - (1290 KB)
Broberg and Quinn - Transboundary environmental education: a graduate program case study - (1088 KB)
Brown - Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Unit (RM-CESU): a Partnership to Advance Research, Technical Assistance and Education for resource managers in the Rockies - (6245 KB)
Brunner - From Diverse Visions to Consistent Management: the National Parks in the Thayatal (Austria and Czech Republic) - (194016 KB)
Carolin - Whitebark and Limber Pine Restoration and Monitoring in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (118248 KB)
Casimir - Recovering trans-boundary populations of rare or endangered species in national parks - (6314 KB)
Chester - Shared conservation stewardship across the U.S.-Mexican border: Protecting resources to ease political tension - (1455 KB)
Chester - The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: A brief history of a big idea in landscape conservation - (2473 KB)
Creasey - Critters without Borders: Collaboration In Transboundary Wildlife Research - (1934 KB)
Dolan et. all - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park: Cooperation in a Shared Landscape - (2488 KB)
Ehringhaus - Transboundary Protection of Mont Blanc – 20 Years of Tri-National Negotiation Around the Roof of the European Alps - (19801 KB)
Freimund - Trans National Protected Area Research and Education: A South Africa and U.S. Experience - (77459 KB)
Gniadek - Wildlife Management in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (131360 KB)
Grant and Quinn - Factors influencing transboundary wildlife management in the Crown of the Continent - (1591 KB)
Harkonen - Emergence of a Transboundary Network of Nature Protection Areas on the Finnish-Russian Border - (18745 KB)
Harmon - Collaborative approaches to transboundary management in the Crown of the Continent - (6240 KB)
Healy - Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Peace and Nature Park - (51867 KB)
Hejl - Working Together To Create a Crown of the Continent Invasive Plants Field Guide - (83588 KB)
Jacobs - Enhancing Connectivity through Cooperative Management – Lessons Learned from 21 Years of Cross-border Programs in the Australian Alps - (159266 KB)
Kendall et. all - DNA-based density estimate for grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, Montana - (2618 KB)
Lopoukhine - International Peace Parks and Transboundary Protected Areas - a Global Perspective - (56388 KB)
McMillan - Carabiners to Cricket Bats: The important role of sports in catalyzing cooperation and conflict resolution - (7776 KB)
Menicke - Production of a Seamless Vegetation Map for the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (27260 KB)
Miller - Why would a Seattle-based foundation invest more than $20 million over a period of ten years in an effort called Yellowstone to Yukon? - (387 KB)
Miner - Drawing on International Experience to Enhance Park Management: Operational, Financial, and Organization Best Practices - (2364 KB)
Nie - The Underappreciated Role of Prescriptive Regulations and Litigation in Natural Resource Conservation in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem - (2016 KB)
Pearson - The Waterton Park Front Project: Furthering Conservation Through Partnerships - (179902 KB)
Quinn - 4 Days in September - Closing slides - (23873 KB)
Rossi - Marittime/Mercantour, Parks without frontiers: a Vision Made Real - (214089 KB)
Sandwith - Contemporary issues and challenges in transboundary conservation: conference reflections - (2814 KB)
Sarkar - Feasibility of a corridor between Singhalilla National Park and Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary - (332 KB)
Schneekloth - The Niagara Cross Border Peace Park: A Proposal - (34088 KB)
Schoon - Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks - (39434 KB)
Schuerholz - Community Based Wildlife Management in support of Transfrontier Conservation: the Selous- Niassa and Kawango Upper Zambezi (Kaza) challenges - (3403 KB)
Schuerholz - Removing colonial barriers for the benefit of the Indigenous Achuar People of Peru and Ecuador through conservation efforts - (7446 KB)
Sifford - Transnational Partnerships & The Impulse to Cooperate Across Borders - (752 KB)
Sowry - Successes and challenges that face a peace parks training and education facility - (52218 KB)
Tabor - Carnivores, Ungulates, and Corridors - Oh My! - Conservation Science as the touchstone of Yellowstone to Yukon - (7417 KB)
Thompson - Geotourism and the Crown of the Continent - (95335 KB)
Trisurat - Transboundary biodiversity conservation of the Pha Taem Protected Forest Complex: a bioregional approach - (4007 KB)
van Riet - GIS and 3D modelling as a tool in the facilitation of peace parks - (185464 KB)
Walters - Bolivia & Peru – The Joint Trans-boundary Water Management of Lake Titicaca - (19355 KB)
Young and Radis - Balkans Peace Park Project Exhibition - (442 KB)
Young - The Role of Resource Sharing Initiatives in Peace Building - (13385 KB)
Zunckel - The Maloti Drakensberg Tranfrontier Conservation and Development Programme: A Collaborative Initiative between Lesotho and South Africa - (20351 KB)


		Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference The Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference brought together International Peace Park and transboundary management professionals from every continent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada from September 9-12, 2007. The conference was a resounding success thanks to the thought provoking presentations of the many dedicated transboundary practitioners. This opportunity to share, learn and discuss along with the new relationships developed is, in the hopes of the organizing committee, fuel for future transboundary initiatives, collaborations and successes around the world. THANK YOU! Presenters for giving your best to the Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference! Post-Conference News Balkans Peace Park Project in Running for Top Tourism Award Papers and Presentations For a full list of presenters and abstracts, click here. The following papers were voluntarily submitted by conference participants. The papers are posted as submitted and have not been subject to any review process. Please contact the authors for further details or clarification. Watch for a forthcoming book of selected papers from the conference. Biringer and Cariappa - The Siachen Peace Park Proposal: Reconfiguring the Kashmir conflict? - (215 KB) Broberg and Quinn - Transboundary environmental education: a graduate program case study - (43 KB) Brunner - From Diverse Visions to Consistent Management: the National Parks in the Thayatal (Austria and Czech Republic) - (46 KB) Chester et. all - The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: A brief history of a big idea in landscape conservation - (223 KB) Chester and Sifford - Shared conservation stewardship across the U.S.-Mexican border: Protecting resources to ease political tension - (121 KB) Ehringhaus - Transboundary Protection of Mont Blanc – 20 Years of Tri-National Negotiation Around the Roof of the European Alps - (207 KB) Friemund et. all - Trans National Protected Area Research and Education: A South Africa and U.S. Experience - (67 KB) Grichting - From Military Buffers to Transboundary Peace Parks. The case of Korea and Cyprus. - (1129 KB) Harkonen - Emergence of a Transboundary Network of Nature Protection Areas on the Finnish-Russian Border - (615 KB) Harmon - Regional Stewardship in the Crown of the Continent - (195 KB) Healy - Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Peace and Nature Park - (176 KB) Jacobs and Anderson - Enhancing Connectivity through Cooperative Management – Lessons Learned from 21 Years of Cross-border Programs in the Australian Alps - (336 KB) Mendoza and Quinn - On the edge: factors influencing conservation and management in two border Mexican parks - (420 KB) Mihalic - Glacier-Waterton: Retrospection on Cooperation Issues Past and Present - (46 KB) Oseni - Ensuring Peaceful Coexistence between Man and Animals in Protected Areas in Nigeria - (33 KB) Prato and Fagre - Sustaining Rocky Mountain Landscapes: A Focus on the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (341 KB) Radis - The Role of Resource Sharing Initiatives in Peace Building - (243 KB) Rodriguez-Navarro - Conflict, Traditional Knowledge And Conservation: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta case study. - (32 KB) Sarkar and Chakrabarti - Feasibility of Corridor between Singhalilla National Park and Senchal Wild Life Sanctuary: A Study of five villages between Poobong and 14th Mile Village - (392 KB) Schneekloth et. all - The Niagara Cross Border Peace Park: A Proposal - (713 KB) Schoon - Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks - (107 KB) Schuerholz and Baldus - Community Based Wildlife Management in support of Transfrontier Conservation: the Selous- Niassa and Kawango Upper Zambezi (Kaza) challenges - (83 KB) Schuerholz and Pardo - Removing colonial barriers for the benefit of the Indigenous Achuar People of Peru and Ecuador through conservation efforts - (57 KB) Soto - Fast track strengthening of the management capacity of conservation institutions: The case of the effect of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park in Mozambique’s capacity - (137 KB) Sowry - Successes and challenges that face a peace parks training and education facility - (49 KB) Walters - Bolivia & Peru – The Joint Trans-boundary Water Management of Lake Titicaca - (52 KB) Weiler, Laing and Moore - Developing effective partnerships for facilitating sustainable tourism associated with protected areas - (111 KB) Willcox - Transboundary Grizzly Bear Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities for Multi-Scale Partnerships - (193 KB) Zunckel - The Maloti Drakensberg Tranfrontier Conservation and Development Programme: A Collaborative Initiative between Lesotho and South Africa - (457 KB) The following presentations are available for viewing. Please contact the authors for further details or clarification. Alexander - Peace Monuments and Parks – Preserving the Heritage in a Changing World Situation. Peace Arch International Park (1921-2007) a overview of the park culture, history, development and effects. - (3756 KB) Ali - Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution - (82 KB) Biringer and Cariappa - The Siachen Peace Park Proposal: Reconfiguring the Kashmir conflict? - (12707 KB) Blood and Blair - Educators Collaborating across Boundaries - (1765 KB) Blundell and Christie - Liberia: Securing the Peace through Parks - (1290 KB) Broberg and Quinn - Transboundary environmental education: a graduate program case study - (1088 KB) Brown - Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Unit (RM-CESU): a Partnership to Advance Research, Technical Assistance and Education for resource managers in the Rockies - (6245 KB) Brunner - From Diverse Visions to Consistent Management: the National Parks in the Thayatal (Austria and Czech Republic) - (194016 KB) Carolin - Whitebark and Limber Pine Restoration and Monitoring in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (118248 KB) Casimir - Recovering trans-boundary populations of rare or endangered species in national parks - (6314 KB) Chester - Shared conservation stewardship across the U.S.-Mexican border: Protecting resources to ease political tension - (1455 KB) Chester - The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative: A brief history of a big idea in landscape conservation - (2473 KB) Creasey - Critters without Borders: Collaboration In Transboundary Wildlife Research - (1934 KB) Dolan et. all - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park: Cooperation in a Shared Landscape - (2488 KB) Ehringhaus - Transboundary Protection of Mont Blanc – 20 Years of Tri-National Negotiation Around the Roof of the European Alps - (19801 KB) Freimund - Trans National Protected Area Research and Education: A South Africa and U.S. Experience - (77459 KB) Gniadek - Wildlife Management in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (131360 KB) Grant and Quinn - Factors influencing transboundary wildlife management in the Crown of the Continent - (1591 KB) Harkonen - Emergence of a Transboundary Network of Nature Protection Areas on the Finnish-Russian Border - (18745 KB) Harmon - Collaborative approaches to transboundary management in the Crown of the Continent - (6240 KB) Healy - Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Peace and Nature Park - (51867 KB) Hejl - Working Together To Create a Crown of the Continent Invasive Plants Field Guide - (83588 KB) Jacobs - Enhancing Connectivity through Cooperative Management – Lessons Learned from 21 Years of Cross-border Programs in the Australian Alps - (159266 KB) Kendall et. all - DNA-based density estimate for grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, Montana - (2618 KB) Lopoukhine - International Peace Parks and Transboundary Protected Areas - a Global Perspective - (56388 KB) McMillan - Carabiners to Cricket Bats: The important role of sports in catalyzing cooperation and conflict resolution - (7776 KB) Menicke - Production of a Seamless Vegetation Map for the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - (27260 KB) Miller - Why would a Seattle-based foundation invest more than $20 million over a period of ten years in an effort called Yellowstone to Yukon? - (387 KB) Miner - Drawing on International Experience to Enhance Park Management: Operational, Financial, and Organization Best Practices - (2364 KB) Nie - The Underappreciated Role of Prescriptive Regulations and Litigation in Natural Resource Conservation in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem - (2016 KB) Pearson - The Waterton Park Front Project: Furthering Conservation Through Partnerships - (179902 KB) Quinn - 4 Days in September - Closing slides - (23873 KB) Rossi - Marittime/Mercantour, Parks without frontiers: a Vision Made Real - (214089 KB) Sandwith - Contemporary issues and challenges in transboundary conservation: conference reflections - (2814 KB) Sarkar - Feasibility of a corridor between Singhalilla National Park and Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary - (332 KB) Schneekloth - The Niagara Cross Border Peace Park: A Proposal - (34088 KB) Schoon - Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks - (39434 KB) Schuerholz - Community Based Wildlife Management in support of Transfrontier Conservation: the Selous- Niassa and Kawango Upper Zambezi (Kaza) challenges - (3403 KB) Schuerholz - Removing colonial barriers for the benefit of the Indigenous Achuar People of Peru and Ecuador through conservation efforts - (7446 KB) Sifford - Transnational Partnerships & The Impulse to Cooperate Across Borders - (752 KB) Sowry - Successes and challenges that face a peace parks training and education facility - (52218 KB) Tabor - Carnivores, Ungulates, and Corridors - Oh My! - Conservation Science as the touchstone of Yellowstone to Yukon - (7417 KB) Thompson - Geotourism and the Crown of the Continent - (95335 KB) Trisurat - Transboundary biodiversity conservation of the Pha Taem Protected Forest Complex: a bioregional approach - (4007 KB) van Riet - GIS and 3D modelling as a tool in the facilitation of peace parks - (185464 KB) Walters - Bolivia & Peru – The Joint Trans-boundary Water Management of Lake Titicaca - (19355 KB) Young and Radis - Balkans Peace Park Project Exhibition - (442 KB) Young - The Role of Resource Sharing Initiatives in Peace Building - (13385 KB) Zunckel - The Maloti Drakensberg Tranfrontier Conservation and Development Programme: A Collaborative Initiative between Lesotho and South Africa - (20351 KB)
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